Benue SSG Pledges Probe Of Suswam’s Administration

Benue State Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Barr Targema Takema, has expressed the willingness of the present administration in fighting corruption at all tiers of governance in the state.

Barr Takema made the declaration yesterday in an interactive session with journalists in Makurdi, noting that the Governor Samuel Ortom-led administration is determined to wipe corruptly tendencies to the barest minimum.

He expressed dissatisfaction with the immediate past administration of former Governor Gabriel Suswam, whom he said did not apply due process in the awards of contracts to individuals in the state.

The SSG further frowned at the lukewarm attitude of the immediate past administration, which he said did not deem the application of the rule of law necessary in the way government affairs were handled, but rather chose a lackadaisical attitude.

He said: “I am constrained with the way the last administration handled its contract jobs; in some instances the jobs were shoddily done while others executed were substandard and cannot stand the test of time and consequently the figures of the contracts were also inflated to an alarming proportion.”


He however stated that under the Ortom-led administration,”we are going to ensure that quality jobs are done and we shall not hesitate to go the extra mile by also probing the past administration where necessary.

Targema maintained that “we will not divert any fund meant for public use; we will do everything humanly possible to ensure that all the funds accruable to us are used for the purpose it was meant for.”

Urging members of the public to keep faith with the change revolution, he stressed that people should begin to take the government by its words, saying that “we shall not renege on the policy trust of administration, which is bent on fighting corruption and holding public officers accountable for their actions.”